🧆Levantine food
Levantine cuisine, shared by Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and Palestine, relies on olive oil, chickpeas, bulgur, fresh herbs, yoghurt, grilled meats and flatbread. Many meals start with mezze such as hummus, tabbouleh and baba ghanoush.
93dishes
202average kcal per 100 g
55%vegetarian
Lightest dishes
Most filling dishes
Highest in protein
💡Tip
Dips and salads get much of their energy from olive oil and tahini, and fried items like falafel or kibbeh add more than grilled meat or fresh salads.
All 93 dishes
🥗 Arabic salad🧀 Arabic white cheese (jibneh baida)🥙 Arayes🥞 Atayef (qatayef)🍆 Baba ganoush🍆 Babaganoush🥘 Bamieh bi zeit (okra in olive oil)🌯 Beef shawarma🌯 Beef shawarma in saj bread Beetroot mtabbal🧀 Cheese arayes🍗 Chicken fatteh🌯 Chicken shawarma🍛 Chicken shawarma plate🌯 Chicken shawarma wrap🥣 Chickpea fatteh🌿 Classic Tabbouleh with Mint🍝 Daoud basha🍆 Eggplant fatteh🧆 Falafel🌯 Falafel wrap🥣 Fatteh🥣 Fattet hummus🍲 Freekeh Soup🍗 Freekeh with Chicken🧆 Fried Beef Kibbeh🍪 Ghraybeh🧀 Grilled cheese (jibneh mashwiyeh)🍗 Grilled chicken (dajaj mashwi)🍰 Harissa (semolina cake)🧆 Hummus🧆 Hummus with chicken shawarma🧆 Hummus with meat🥒 Kabees (Levantine pickles)🍢 Kafta kebab🍰 Kanafeh🫓 Khubz Arabi (Arabic Pita Bread)🧆 Kibbeh🥔 Kibbeh Batata (Potato Kibbeh)🥣 Kibbeh Labanieh (Kibbeh in Yogurt)🥩 Kibbeh Nayyeh (Raw Kibbeh)🫓 Kibbeh Sajieh (Saj Kibbeh)🥧 Kibbeh bil Sanieh (Baked Tray Kibbeh)🧀 Knafeh🥘 Kofta bil Tahini🥒 Kousa bil laban (stuffed zucchini in yogurt)🥒 Kousa mahshi (stuffed zucchini)🍮 Kunafa with ashta cream🥣 Labneh🥣 Labneh dip with za'atar and mint🫒 Labneh with olive oil🥣 Labneh with olive oil and za'atar🫓 Lahm bi ajeen (Levantine meat flatbread)🥙 Lamb Shawarma Plate🍢 Lamb Tikka🍖 Lamb ouzi🌯 Lamb shawarma🍲 Lebanese Lentil Soup🍪 Maamoul🍪 Maamoul cookies🍲 Maqluba🍢 Mixed Grill (Mashawi)🍆 Moutabal🫘 Msabaha🍛 Mujadara🍛 Mujaddara🍛 Mujaddara with Bulgur🍆 Mutabal🍰 Namoura (basbousa)🥞 Qatayef Asafiri🥞 Qatayef with Walnuts🍆 Raheb Salad🧀 Rakakat (Cheese Rolls)🍚 Rice with Vermicelli (Ruz bi Shariya)☕ Sahlab (hot orchid milk)🌶️ Salata hara (spicy salad)🧀 Shanklish🥒 Sheikh el mahshi with yogurt🥒 Sheikh mahshi in tomato sauce🥟 Shish Barak🍢 Shish Tawook🍽️ Shish Tawook Platter🍆 Smoky baba ganoush dip🥬 Spinach Stew with Meat (Sabanekh bil Lahme)🍃 Stuffed Grape Leaves🍃 Stuffed Grape Leaves with Lamb🥒 Stuffed Zucchini (Mahshi Kousa)🥗 Tabbouleh🍬 Tahini Halva with Pistachios🫓 Tannour Bread🥣 Tarator (tahini sauce)🥮 Warbat🍲 White beans with lamb (fasolia bil lahme)
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Values are estimates per 100 g for a typical recipe; home and restaurant versions vary. Diets and allergens are worked out from the ingredients of a typical recipe — always check with whoever cooked the dish. Not medical advice. How we count →